Just imagine your life without onions. Since many years, onion has been used as the main ingredient in various types of dishes. After tomato, onion has become the second largest and important crop. Besides adding some delicious flavors to the food, onions too have some health benefits which have been revealed here.
Before US settlers used to consumes wild Onion to cure coughs, colds, and asthma and even to eliminate bloody insects. In China, onion is the great source to cure angina,infections caused due to bacteria and respiratory disorders.
The World Health Organisation suggests consumption of onions for treating bad appetite and to check atherosclerosis. Onions also reduce bronchial spasms. Onion juice helps in decreasing allergy-induced bronchial construction in asthma patients.
Onion is a very strong source of fructo-oligosaccharides which stimulate the increase of healthy bifidobacteria and reduce the growth of dangerous bacteria in the colon. Apart from this, they ought to decline the danger of tumors in the colon.
Onions mixed with vinegar can also be applied in warts and freckles. Onions are also believed to help to get rid of skin problems.
Onions are also believed to check decay or tooth and oral infections. Chewing of uncooked onions for 3 to 4 minutes has a strong chance to kill all the germs which can harm our teeth.
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